Helena Rubinstein

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Image:Dom h rubinstein.jpg Helena Rubinstein (born 1871 Kraków, Poland - 1965 New York, USA) was a Polish-American cosmetics industrialist. She was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated and became one of the world's richest women.

At the age of 18 she moved to Australia where she mixed medical formulas and ointments, in 1902 she opened the world's first beauty salon in Melbourne. In 1908 she opened a beauty salon in London followed in 1912 by another in Paris and 1914 in New York City. Since 1917 Rubinstein began the manufacture and wholesale distribution of her products.

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